Puncture Repairs

why dont you just get another tube? (sorry, this probably isnt solving
anything)

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chrome said:

Difficult to mount, but a fun ride once you get her going....

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unibikeling said:

why dont you just get another tube? (sorry, this probably isnt solving
anything)

Coz 19in trials are not available in Tasmania, so i'd have to order off
UDC which would cost nearly $30 AUD (incl postage) which is quite a
lot, i'd also not be able to ride on the weekend as i'd be waiting for
delivery.

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oh, i see, why dont you buy a 20'' tube? it'd work, i got tubes that are
too long that are in smaller tires for mine. Either that or just like
buy some small patches or something

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Difficult to mount, but a fun ride once you get her going....

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'Sheldon Brown' (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/flats.html) explains the
patching procedure (scroll down to Patching).

The style of patch that uses rubber cement is the best kind. The self
adhesive quick patches aren't reliable and should only be considered a
temporary patch till you can get home and replace the tube. The rubber
cement patches are a permanent patch when done correctly.

The rubber cement will go bad after a while after being opened. You
can buy additional new tubes of rubber cement at your local bike shop
or possibly even your local auto supply shop.

You can also use a 20" BMX tube in a 19" trials tire. Just find the
fattest 20" tube you can (2.25" or bigger) so it is able to stretch
well.

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john_childs said:

'Sheldon Brown' (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/flats.html) explains the
patching procedure (scroll down to Patching).

The style of patch that uses rubber cement is the best kind. The self
adhesive quick patches aren't reliable and should only be considered a
temporary patch till you can get home and replace the tube. The rubber
cement patches are a permanent patch when done correctly.

The rubber cement will go bad after a while after being opened. You
can buy additional new tubes of rubber cement at your local bike shop
or possibly even your local auto supply shop.

You can also use a 20" BMX tube in a 19" trials tire. Just find the
fattest 20" tube you can (2.25" or bigger) so it is able to stretch
well.

Thanks, i usually (on bike) use the patch that uses rubber cement.
I shall just get myself a whole new kit as what patches i have left are
pretty old.
Thanks for the responses🙂

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You can always tell which people have never had to spend their own
money. Replacing a tube just because of a flat is wasteful financially
and ecologically.

I don't know what gets carried in department stores over in Tasmania,
but I'd probably go to a bike shop anyway. Patch kits are cheap.

Note with a pinch flat that you may have more than one hole.

(I actually did a bike tour in Tasmania a few years back. Didn't get
any flats.)

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tholub said:

You can always tell which people have never had to spend their own
money. Replacing a tube just because of a flat is wasteful financially
and ecologically.

I don't know what gets carried in department stores over in Tasmania,
but I'd probably go to a bike shop anyway. Patch kits are cheap.

Note with a pinch flat that you may have more than one hole.

(I actually did a bike tour in Tasmania a few years back. Didn't get
any flats.)

Yeah, i didnt see the point of replacing it for a tiny hole!
The bike shop will be my destination in 5 minutes🙂
I checked my tube in a tub of water and only the one hole luckily (i
rode it home a bit of the way partially flat to get home quicker:eek:
Nice! How long were you down here for? What did you think?

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I just fixed a flat on my KH20 two hours ago, and it has a 20x2.125"
tube that came stock. So, if you do ever buy a tube, I would think you
could get one anywhere that carries BMX stuff.

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I am constantly amazed at how willing people are to throw something away
that has such a easily fixable problem so they don't have to deal with
it. I had a tube with around 30 patches on it before I replaced it a
couple years ago. Not a singe patch leaked after many years and many
thousands of km of riding (bike)

The Sheldon Brown tutorial is good but to tell the truth I have not
used a proper bike patch in years. I use a chunk of an old inner-tube
(the thinner the better) and rubber cement applied to both the tube and
patch. As long as you rough up both and let the cement dry before
sticking together it works just as good as a proper bike patch. I have
not had a patch leak since I was 10ish (still had the little blue bike
🙂 )

If you have an old inner-tube laying around it can be used as LOTS of
patches in any shape or size you could possibly need and a 100ml tin of
rubber cement will cost you about as much as a patch kit with a 10ml
tube.

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I use to always get flats. then I got a motorcycle tube and its the best
thing ever. look for something close to 15-275/300. you won't regret it

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yeah drilled koxx scare me

torkerdx said:

your funny
but you might get lucky

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mill_mobile said:

Nice! How long were you down here for? What did you think?

Beautiful state. I went from Launceston to Hobart via the west coast;
it was great to ride in a place that has so little traffic and
relatively little human impact. (Although I hear a lot of the
old-growth eucalyptus forest is being cut down for wood chips these
days).

See 'my trip report' (http://inl.org/bicycle/tasmania/).

There was a Tasmanian unicycle tour around the same time, but I was a
novice unicyclist at the time so I did it on bike (not in the same
group). Scot Cooper has sometimes talked about going back to Tasmania
and doing it again.

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tholub said:

Beautiful state. I went from Launceston to Hobart via the west coast;
it was great to ride in a place that has so little traffic and
relatively little human impact. (Although I hear a lot of the
old-growth eucalyptus forest is being cut down for wood chips these
days).

See 'my trip report' (http://inl.org/bicycle/tasmania/).

There was a Tasmanian unicycle tour around the same time, but I was a
novice unicyclist at the time so I did it on bike (not in the same
group). Scot Cooper has sometimes talked about going back to Tasmania
and doing it again.

Yeah, i like it here, i dont plan on moving away from Tasmania any time
soon!
I live in Hobart.
I shall have a read of your diary tomorrow when i get a chance🙂
If you ever come back down this way be sure to let me know!

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saskatchewanian said:

I am constantly amazed at how willing people are to throw something away
that has such a easily fixable problem so they don't have to deal with
it.

That's making me feel guilty now. I got a puncture on my Schlumpf on
Wednesday. It was the 3rd one in that tube, (which wasn't actually
designed with a high volume tyre like the Big Apple), and the repair
failed - probably from the glue being so old. One of the other patches
had blistered, and there were wear marks around the valve (presta valve
in a srader hole). So decided it's time to invest in a new one.

Despite all that justification, it doesn't come close to one being
repaired 30 times. I feel bad now 🙁

STM

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i got a puncture before but it was prety big and i didnt have any
patches to fix it with so i borrowe on of kierons inner tubes and bougt
to new ones, one for me and onre to repace kierons. patches ar cheaper
but i dont know if it would hold while doing big dops and
trials😕

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1-wheeled-grape said:

patches ar cheaper but i dont know if it would hold while doing big dops
and trials😕

If you do a good enough job at the repair it should hold up... i'll let
you know if mine stuffs up again😉

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mill_mobile said:

I realised i was out of the rubber cement stuff to carry out a repair so
i am off shopping soon to get another repair kit.
Is there different quality ones? Would one from a bike shop be better
than one from a Department Store?

Rema Tip Top patches are best:
http://tinyurl.com/2dy4ym

One brand of rubber cement seems to work just as well as another, my
current tube is Tip Top.

Dunno if you'll be able to get them on your side of the globe, but it's
worth checking.

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I replace tubes, they're usually cheaper than buying a patch kit.

On a bike especially, at high speeds I can feel the wheel bobbing from
patches, it's annoying.

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Borgschulze said:

I replace tubes, they're usually cheaper than buying a patch kit.

On a bike especially, at high speeds I can feel the wheel bobbing from
patches, it's annoying.

How thick are the paches your using?

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Borgschulze said:

I replace tubes, they're usually cheaper than buying a patch kit.

A patch works out at about 30p. A tube is typically about 4 quid (less
if you buy in bulk). I guess I typically patch a tube about 8 times
(sometimes a lot more, sometimes a lot less) before discarding it. So,
that's £2.40 worth of patches instead of £64 worth of tubes. Given
that I've had periods where I've had that many punctures in 2 or 3
months, I've saved a fair bit of money by patching.

That's on a bike, though, which has been my primary mode of transport
for most of the last 16 years. I think I've only ever had one puncture
in 13 years of unicycling, and that was a few weeks ago from the rubber
perishing at the base of the valve stem. Obviously not patchable. If
you puncture so infrequently that the tube is starting to perish
anyway, then patching doesn't seem so economical.

One other benefit of patches is that they're so easy to carry. I
always carry two spare inner tubes on my bike (my wheels are different
sizes). So, if I have one puncture, I can change the tube. If I had a
second puncture in the same tyre on the same journey (which has
happened on occasion) then I'd be stuffed without my puncture repair
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